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minus-squareabcdqfr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoTIL the mo in Mohawk is short for mono. Holy fuck
minus-squareMustakrakish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIn more ways than one bum-dum tis
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoOnly in a backwards etymological way. It comes from the Mohawk people of modern New York (even though they mostly didn’t sport that hairstyle, the association stuck anyway because of Hollywood)
minus-squarevisc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoAnd the “ro” in “Afro” is short for rohawk, which in turn is short for roundhawk, because its rounder than the monohawk. Hawk comes from “haw cut”, “haircut”.
TIL the mo in Mohawk is short for mono. Holy fuck
In more ways than one bum-dum tis
Only in a backwards etymological way. It comes from the Mohawk people of modern New York (even though they mostly didn’t sport that hairstyle, the association stuck anyway because of Hollywood)
And the “ro” in “Afro” is short for rohawk, which in turn is short for roundhawk, because its rounder than the monohawk.
Hawk comes from “haw cut”, “haircut”.